Two-Qutrit entanglement: 56-years old algorithm challenges machine learning

Abstract

Classifying states as entangled or separable is a highly challenging task, while it is also one of the foundations of quantum information processing theory. This task is higly nontrivial even for relatively simple cases, such as two-qutrit Bell-diagonal states, i.e., mixture of nine mutually orthogonal maximally entangled states. In this article we apply the Gilbert algorithm to revise previously obtained results for this class. In particular we use "cartography of entanglement" to argue that most states left in [Hiesmayr, B. C. Scientific Reports 11, 19739 (2021)] as unknown to be entangled or separable are most likely indeed separable, or very weakly entangled. The presented technique can find endless applications in more general cases.